NERITA NERITE. 115 



NERITA Peloronta* 



BLEEDING TOOTH. 



Specific Character. Shell solid, thick, semi- 

 globular, turbiuate, imperforate, slightly ribbed 

 transversely ; spire flat ; aperture entire, semi- 

 lunar ; outer lip crenulate, inner lip rather con- 

 cave, with two or three large teeth and an irre- 

 gular saffron or blood-coloured spot in the 

 middle ; ground of the shell whitish or pale grey 

 with irregular black and red or purplish longi- 

 tudinal zig-zag markings : aperture white, and 

 throat pale saffron-colour. 



The shells of this species inhabit the ocean 

 and are found in the West Indies, Red Sea, and 

 Mollucca Islands. The animal is furnished 

 with an operculum which opens and shuts at its 

 pleasure, like a door upon its hinges, having a 

 little prominence within the shell at the lower 

 end of the lip, between which and the inner lip 

 a small projection of the operculum slides as it 

 opens. 



NERITA Corona. 



Specific Character. Shell globose, striated ; 

 spire short eroded ; f body whorl large with a 



* Plate V. figure 4. 



t Eroded, gnawed out from Latin e, out, and rod ere, to 

 gnaw. 



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